Bitcoin

Bitreserve’s CEO, “Bitcoin Girl” And Overstock’s Big Losses
June 26, 2015

Bitreserve has had a busy two weeks.  The biggest news of the week for Bitreserve, of course, was the naming of its new CEO Anthony Watson, who was recently poached from Nike to serve on Bitreserve’s board.  As part of this transition, Bitreserve Founder Halsey Minor...

What Google Tells Us About Bitcoin Users
June 19, 2015

Knowing just who uses bitcoin is a bit tricky given the largely anonymous nature of the digital currency. Not impossible, of course — as everyone learned from the Silk Road case that landed one man in prison for life, thanks to his so called “anonymous” connection...

For Better Or For Worse: “Life On Bitcoin”
June 12, 2015

Most people start married life together taking stock of wedding gifts, maybe buying some extra household items with that seed money from generous wedding guests, or reminiscing about their honeymoon. Austin and Beccy Craig obviously thought that sounded boring and way too predictable. So, instead,...

Copay The Bitcoin Way
June 05, 2015

BitPay, the global bitcoin payment processor provider, just got a little more consumer friendly. The bit of big news that came from the company this week (June 3) is that BitPay is taking its consumer-facing bitcoin wallet out of beta and opening it up to the general public....

Bitcoin Regulation Roundup, Regulator Divide and “Life On Bitcoin”
May 29, 2015

The regulators are coming, the regulators are coming. It was bound to happen sooner or later. Since venture money keeps fueling the beast called bitcoin and the blockchain, regulators have decided to put their arms around that which is bitcoin in an effort to better...

“Digital Gold” Tells Rich Tale Of Bitcoin’s Past
May 22, 2015

Bitcoin has a rich history — much richer than the past few years of FinTech stories on the market might allude to; stories that have nothing to do with the “bitcoin baron,” a pirate and the Silk Road, or even Mt. Gox. But to understand...

NASDAQ, Overstock’s CEO And “The Deep Web” Debuts
May 15, 2015

There are four things that everyone needs to know about the Deep Web. First, it’s the part of Internet that’s not indexed the same way search engines organize Web content. That means that traditional search engines cannot see or grab content from it – thus...

itBit Banks $25M And Secures New York Banking License
May 08, 2015

News for the bitcoin community got a little brighter Thursday (May 7) when itBit, the bitcoin exchange, announced it was granted an official business license from New York State’s Department of Financial Services. The license will allow the bitcoin exchange to bring in customers across the...

Bitcoin Walks The Plank And Wall Street Supports Circle
May 01, 2015

Denied. It seems the attorneys for Ross Ulbricht – AKA the Dread Pirate Roberts – have reached the end of the line as federal judge Katherine Forrest rejected their request for a retrial earlier this week (April 27). Ulbricht was convicted in February for being the man behind the Silk Road...